  Inspiration. Today I was compelled by, the most likely and cleache of places, The Oprah Show. It was a chutzpa (hood-spa) award show. These woman came on and shared the stories about triumph over defeat. But that in itself was not the most inspiring thing to me.
The moment of complete and utter admiration came from the simple statement "You are in control of your own life, you can be what ever you are willing to work hard enough to be. " I was taught this addage in similar phrasings most of my life, despite my parents numerous disfunctions. But I suppose it was inspiring because today I really feel "in-a-rut-ish" I am comming down with my Daughter's flu and I am sure that this has a great deal to do with my inner-reflective state.
Simply because I have got no choice but to slow down. But in any event, I guess what I am getting at is, I have a renewed since of vitality, and new sense of hope to triumph over some of my bitterly tragic circumstances, instead of feeling sorry for myself. I will go on more about this soon on the off ramp ( http://manicdigestofframp.blogspot.com ) I hope from what I am planning to post on the Off Ramp in the Next Couple weeks will do more to make people understand that it can always be worse, and no matter how the dime falls, it's ultimately up to you when it comes to which way your life goes. Manically Yours, Tiffany 
